Taking over/creating a bakery

Opening a bakery is a life project that involves you, your family and friends. Being a baker, beyond the training it requires, doesn't just mean making good bread and good products.

Start by identifying all the issues at stake in your project: personal and family issues, professional issues and economic issues. Your project must be consistent with your personal and family imperatives, your professional background and your financial capacity.

Then, once you've set up shop, in addition to knowing how to make quality products, you'll need to know how to sell them, manage your bakery-pastry shop and, if need be, manage your staff.

Finally, to progress, a company manager sets objectives and always has a plan in advance. Adapting and innovating to meet your customers' expectations and to keep pace with developments in the bakery sector, is one of the keys to your success.